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College of Charleston POLI 345.01 Politics of China Dr. Guoli Liu Fall 2021 Express II Maybank Hall 111, Monday and Wednesday 4:00-6:45 pm Office: J. C. Long Building, Room 229, 9 Liberty Street Office Hours: Please email me to make appointment for ZOOM meeting Telephone: 843-953-5883; E-mail: [email protected] COURSE OBJECTIVES This course examines contemporary Chinese politics (1949-present) with an emphasis on the era of reform and opening since 1978. What are the crucial problems in Chinese politics? How have the Chinese people and political leaders confronted them? We begin with an introduction of China’s tradition and revolutionary transformation. The main focus of the course is on political reform and socioeconomic change in the post-Mao era. China’s politics from Deng Xiaoping’s “four modernizations” and xiaokang shihui (well to do society) to Hu Jintao’s harmonious society, and now Xi Jinping’s “Chinese dream” has been focusing on achieving modernity. After four decades of hard work and rapid growth, China is approaching modernity. In addition to having a rapidly growing economy, China is experiencing profound sociopolitical changes. We shall examine whether the Chinese can build a dynamic market economy in an increasingly globalized world economy, create social harmony in a society with growing tensions, and maintain political stability while avoiding stagnation and decay. What we face is a most challenging prospect that will affect not only the fate of 1.4 billion Chinese people but also the future of world politics. We are going to study China in comparative perspectives. This course will help students understand, analyze, and evaluate major issues in Chinese politics, including: The basic methodological and theoretical controversies in the study of Chinese politics; the main dimensions, structures, processes, functions, characteristics of the Chinese political system; the impact of power, ideology, and organizations on different spheres of Chinese society; and the structure, process, and factors in Chinese domestic and foreign policy making. In examining both empirical and normative questions, students will develop a better understanding of China in a rapidly changing world. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES This course strives to reach the following learning outcomes. 1. Demonstrate knowledge of political systems including their institutions, processes, laws and constitutions and the relations between and among nations; 2. Distinguish their own views from those of others and can defend their own perspective; Demonstrate understanding of readings, analyze texts critically, and effectively write papers; 3. Apply theories and concepts to explain Chinese politics, social interactions, and political institutions; 4. Understand contending theoretical and methodological approaches to studying 1 comparative politics and apply appropriate approaches in your independent research. The following course requirements are designed to achieve these learning outcomes. FOREIGN LANGUAGE ALTERNATIVE This course has been approved to satisfy Category 3 of the Foreign Language Alternative program. Upon completion of this course, students will contextualize and analyze artifacts, practices, and perspectives from cultures in Asia (program learning outcome 3). COURSE REQUIREMENT AND GRADING POLICY You are expected to (1) complete and study carefully all required reading; (2) address significant questions and articulate well-informed positions on key issues, (3) complete a research paper, and (4) follow current events and news analysis. You will be evaluated on the basis of your performance of five quizzes (50%) on every Wednesday (October 20, and 27, and November 3, 10, and 17), class participation including two participation reports (20%), a Political Analysis Paper (10%), a Socioeconomic Analysis Paper (10%), presentation of your Political Analysis Paper and Socioeconomic Analysis Paper (10%). Class participation is graded based on the quality, quantity, substance, and relevance of your contribution to the class, as well as the courtesy and professionalism you show to other students. Detailed guidelines for papers and quizzes will be provided. No late paper or quiz will be accepted without prior written permission. As the lectures and classroom discussions are an essential part of the course, attendance is important for your success. If you have special reasons for missing a class, please let me know and we can work together for you to make up any missed work. Grading Scale: A 93-100 A- 90-92 B+ 88-89 B 83-87 B- 80-82 C+ 78-79 C 73-77 C- 70-72 D+ 68-69 D 63-67 D- 60-62 F: Below 60 Any student with a diagnosed learning or psychological disability which impedes your carrying out required course work, or which requires accommodations such as extended time on examinations, should advise me during the first two weeks of the course so we can review possible arrangements for reasonable accommodations. Academic honesty is very important! When you enrolled in the College of Charleston, you signed the Honor Code. I expect you to abide to the code and it is the only way to maintain the integrity and value of your degree. You will fail this course if you have found to have cheated on an exam or plagiarized any portion of your paper. I will turn the case of Honor Code violation to the Honor Board and vigorously pursue further 2 disciplinary action. Everyone must highly value academic integrity and abide to the Honor Code. Center for Student Learning: I encourage you to utilize the Center for Student Learning’s (CSL) academic support services for assistance in study strategies, speaking & writing skills, and course content. They offer tutoring, Supplemental Instruction, study skills appointments, and workshops. Students of all abilities have become more successful using these programs throughout their academic career and the services are available to you at no additional cost. For more information regarding these services please visit the CSL website at http://csl.cofc.edu or call (843)953-5635. REQUIRED TEXTS 1. William Joseph ed., Politics in China: An Introduction. Third edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. (eBook) https://pascal- cofc.library.cofc.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?context=L&vid=01PASCAL_COF C:COFC&docid=alma991010760099505613 2. Joseph Fewsmith, Rethinking Chinese Politics. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 3. Cheng Li, Middle Class Shanghai: Reshaping U.S.-China Engagement. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2021. 4. Confucius, The Analects. http://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html. 5. Lao-tzu, The Tao-te Ching. http://classics.mit.edu/Lao/taote.html. ESSENTIAL READINGS FOR ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH PAPERS 1. Daniel A. Bell, The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. 2. C. Fred Bergsten, Charles Freeman, Nicholas R. Lardy and Derek J. Mitchell, China's Rise: Challenges and Opportunities. Washington, DC: Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics, 2008. 3. Marc Blecher, China Against the Tides: Restructuring Through Revolution, Radicalism and Reform. 3rd edition. New York: Continuum, 2010. 4. Mark Borthwick, Pacific Century: The Emergence of Modern Pacific Asia. Fourth edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2014. 5. Sue Ellen M. Charlton, Comparing Asian Politics: India, China, and Japan. Fourth edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2015. 3 6. Julia Chuang, Beneath the China Boom: Labor, Citizenship, and the Making of a Rural Land Market. Berkeley: University of Califorina Press, 2020. (eBook) 7. Neil Collins, and Andrew Cottey, Understanding Chinese Politics: An Introduction to Government in the People's Republic of China. Manchester University Press, 2012. (eBook) 8. Wm. Theodore de Barye ed. Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume I: Premodern Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 9. Wm. Theodore de Barye ed. Sources of East Asian Tradition. Volume II: The Modern Period. New York: Columbia University Press, 2008. 10. Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein eds., To Get Rich Is Glorious: Challenges Facing China’s Economic Reform and Opening at Forty. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2019. (eBook) 11. Lowell Dittmer, Haruhiro Fukui, and Peter N.S. Lee eds., Informal Politics in East Asia. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 12. Lowell Dittmer and Guoli Liu, China’s Deep Reform: Domestic Politics in Transition. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006. 13. June Teufel Dreyer, China’s Political System: Modernization and Tradition. Eighth edition. New York: Pearson Longman, 2012. 14. Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Anne Walthall, and James B. Palais, East Asia: A Cultural, Social, and Political History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. 15. Elizabeth C. Economy, The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the New Chinese State. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. 16. John King Fairbank and Merle Goldman, China: A New History. Second enlarged edition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006. 17. Joseph Fewsmith, The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 18. Ross Garnaut, Ligang Song and Cai Fang eds., China’s 40 Years of Reform and Development 1978-2018. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press, 2018. (eBook): https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/china- update/china%E2%80%99s-40-years-reform-and-development- 1978%E2%80%932018 4 19. Peter Hays Gries and Stanley Rosen, Chinese Politics: State, Society, and the Market. New York: Routledge, 2010. 20. Sujian
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